Former Levi’s Historian Lynn Downey Knows a Thing or Two About Denim

The former Levi Strauss & Co. historian spent a quarter century amassing and curating a rich collection of vintage Levi’s clothing, photographs and documents, and walking in the footsteps of the brand’s founder. With all that research on the company—and the man—credited with creating denim jeans as we know it, Downey wrote the first full-length biography, “Levi Strauss, The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World,” which hit shelves late last year.

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Tat Fung’s Take on Textiles

Denim is often made by those who love it most—those who believe in its history and heritage, yet want to carry the staple through to the future in new and innovative ways. And when it comes to innovation, for Tat Fung Textile Company it’s all about what happens at the fabric level.

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Sneak Preview: What’s new for Autumn/Winter 2018-19

Mills are preparing to debut their Autumn/Winter 2018-19 collections at Kingpins Amsterdam (April 19-20), Denim Première Vision in Paris (April 26-27) and Kingpins New York ( May 10-11), enhancing familiar concepts like sportswear and sustainability with new technology and insight gleaned from research, testing and collaboration.

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Prosperity Textile Fabrics Awarded at ISPO

Four denim fabrics developed by Prosperity Textile have been named top products and selections of the ISPO TEXTRENDS 2017 Fall/Winter. The total selection was on display at ISPO MUNICH from February 5th to 8th and then later at ISPO BEIJING.

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Adriano Goldschmied rewrites the Rules of Denim, again…

It is widely believed in fashion that a designer must learn the rules before he or she can break them. Adriano Goldschmied, founder of Diesel, Replay, Gap 1969 and AG Adriano Goldschmied, can be credited with creating the rules in denim and setting the standard for premium denim. Acynetic is Goldschmied’s answer to the athleisure revolution, a movement he says is driven by major lifestyle changes among premium denim consumers.